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Revision as of 06:58, 4 October 2021

Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series cover
Developers
Microsoft Studios
Release dates
Windows November 5, 1998
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series on MobyGames
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series on Wikipedia
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series 1998
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theater 2000
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe 2002

Key points

The official online multiplayer service is no longer available.

General information

Official game site (archived)

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Checks if CD is in drive, no other DRM.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\PilotLog[Note 1]
The game has no save feature

Video

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game advanced video settings.
In-game advanced video settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
FOV auto adjusts for 16:9, however 2D cockpit is stretched
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
- and = keys zoom in and out.
Windowed
Press Alt+ Enter while in-game.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Cockpit and camera updates at 30FPS.
Cockpit and camera updates at 30FPS

Input

In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
255
Online play
255

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 2300-2400, 47624
UDP 2300-2400, 47624
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Game crashes when Alt is pressed

Set up compatibility settings[citation needed]
  1. Right click on the COMBATFS.EXE file (located at <path-to-game>) and select "Properties".
  2. Go to the "Compatibility" tab and enable Compatibility Mode (set it to "Windows 95").
  3. Launch the game.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Game is 32-bit, Preview does not work on 64-bit. Manually select ms_sampler.exe with compatibility mode to fix.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95, NT 4.0
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM) 16 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 6 compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References